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GEMMS IDGEMMS-SERMON-023415
Sermon TitleA Sermon preached by Mr. Simson of Trinity Colledge
In ManuscriptTracts relating to the University of Cambridge: Add MS 5960
Extentff. 48r-54v
Autographno
Composition Date -
Primary LanguageEnglish
Text TypeTranscription of Sermon (Source Unknown)
Sermon Type(s)
Bible TextsJohn 3:6 - 3: 6
Associated Peopleauditor - Stuart, James Ipreacher - Simpson, Edward
Associated Sermons
Preachings1617-10-01 - 1617-10-31 (old) - Royston - Occasion not identified;
Additional Material
Print Editions / WitnessesAnother manuscript witness is Cambridge University Library, MS Ff.5.25.
DescriptionThe full title of the sermon is as follows: 'A Sermon preached by Mr Simson of Trinity Colledge. afore his Ma.ty at Roiston, in October. 1617.'
Source of DataHannah Yip
Other NoteThe exact preaching date is not specified. For an analysis of this sermon, see Nicholas Tyacke, Anti-Calvinists: The Rise of English Arminianism c. 1590-1640 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987), pp. 43-44; Peter White, Predestination, Policy and Polemic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. 177-178; Jeanne Shami, John Donne and Conformity in Crisis in the Late Jacobean Pulpit (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2003), pp. 38-39; Tim Harris, Rebellion: Britain's First Stuart Kings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 99.
GEMMS record createdAugust 24, 2021
GEMMS record last editedAugust 24, 2021